Stealing Your Life: Book Guide, Author and Facts
Stealing Your Life by Frank W. Abagnale: plot, author, genre and where to read, in one evergreen guide.
The charismatic forger immortalized in the film Catch Me If You Can exposes the astonishing tactics of today's identity theft criminals and offers powerful strategies to thwart them based on his second career as an acclaimed fraud-fighting consultant.Consider these sobering facts: Six out of ten American companies and government agencies have already been hacked. An estimated 80 percent of birth certificate requests are fulfilled through the mail for people using only a name and a return address. So I could take your name and use my address, and get your birth certificate. From there I'm off to the races. Americans write 39 billion checks a year, and half of these folks never reconcile their bank statements. A Social Security number costs $49 on the black market. A driver's license goes for $90. A birth certificate will set you back $79. When Frank Abagnale
Quick facts about Stealing Your Life
- Title: Stealing Your Life
- Author: Frank W. Abagnale
- First published: 2007
- Genre: reference, true crime, identity theft
- OpenLibrary ID: OL4494341W
Where to read Stealing Your Life
Stealing Your Life by Frank W. Abagnale is widely available in print, ebook and audiobook editions from major retailers and libraries.
Compiled from public OpenLibrary data. Availability and details can change over time.
Frequently asked questions
What is Stealing Your Life about?
The charismatic forger immortalized in the film Catch Me If You Can exposes the astonishing tactics of today's identity theft criminals and offers powerful strategies to thwart them based on his second career as an acclaimed fraud-fighting consultant.Consider these sobering facts
Who wrote Stealing Your Life?
Stealing Your Life was written by Frank W. Abagnale.
When was Stealing Your Life published?
Stealing Your Life was first published in 2007.
Sources
More in Books & Authors
Keep reading
